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Barrie Examiner, 15 Oct 1979, p. 2

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the examiner MondayOot15 1919 31 32 news roundup Yehudi Menuhin lt Waffles arckw FRANKFURT West Germany Reuter Violinist Ye hudi Menuhin appealed to Europeans to set an example for mce after he was awarded peace prize at the Frankfurt fair Monday Accepting $14000 prize the 63year old musician said only Europe could give an example of inner and outer peace which seems so hopelessly elusive Bourassa to campaign MONTREAL CPI Former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa said Saturday he will campalgn as an individual against the Parti Quebecois governments sovereigntyasso Ciation option in the referendum expected next spring Bourassa defeated by the PQ in 1976 and now professor at Laval University said 511 Frenchlanguage CBC interview he would try to underline the strong and weak points of the opposing arguments in the campaign Roosevelt son dies STUART Fla AP Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt the last surviving son of Theodore Roosevelt and hero in both world wars is dead at age 85 spokesman at the Con valescent Centre in Stuart Fla said Roosevelt died Saturday night He had been in hospital since suffering stroke several months ago After the Second World War Roosevelt became chairman of the board of Roosevelt and Cross Wall Street investment firm Dockworkers end strike PANAMA CITY IReuteri Striking dockworkers at the Atlantic entrance to the Panama canal agreed Sunday to go back to work after the government agreed to meet most of their demands About 1200 dockworkers in the port of Cristobal 64 kilometres north of Panama City stopped work Saturday demanding better social services and claiming the Panamanian government reduced wages after taking over the Canal Zone from the Lnited States Three quints die LYON France APv Three of the quintuplets born to Swearold French woman who took fertility drugs have died doctors said Sunday The two others were reported in serious condition The qumts were born Saturday three months premature The mother was said to be in good ewes13 If appeals for peace Speeri dies Edgar Speer former Not threat The presence of Soviet Chalmf Chle combat troops in Cuba Eiffgévesfaaefersfezl poses no military threat to the United States Corp died Saturday says after lengthy illness Alexander Haiq Speer was 63 AP Laserphoto Lottario prize numbers TORONTO CP The six regular winning numbers in Saturdays Lottario draw were three 13 22 28 35 and 36 The bonus number was five There were no winners in the jackpot pool which reached $48695960 This prize will be added to next weeks draw and will grow until it is won The secondprize pool of $6870080 awarded to those ticket holders whose tickets match five of the regular numbers drawn plus the bonus number was shared by two ticket holders who will each receive $3435040 The tickets were purchased in Toronto and Beamsville Those ticket holders who match five or four at the regular winning numbers in any order will each receive $208260 or $4170 respectively while those players matching three of the tEegular winning numbers in any order will receive $500 eac There were 51220 prize winners in Saturday nights draw retired Gen condition PARIS AP The French government rolled out an extra long red carpet today to wel come Chinese Premier lIua Guofeng on the first visit to Western Europe of Chinese Communist head of state At fund raiser President Carter chats with Mrs Coretta King centre wife of slain civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr and her son Martin Luther King Ill right Saturday night in Washington at fund Chinese premier visits France receives red carpet treatment IreSIdcnt Valery liscard dIIstaing was to head the wrl coming party for lluas arrival from China for threeweek tour of France West Germany Britain and Italy In addition to longcrttianrusual red carpet Total prize money available was $10697680 raiser given by the District of Columbia in honor of three assassinated leaders John Kennedy Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr AP Laserphoto from the plane another specml carpet was platml in the airport Salon of Honor to convey ex ceptional warmth said one of licial After helicopter trip from the airport and motorcade Torture victims termed maior medical problem TORONTO CPI 77 Injuries suffered by torture victims be fore they left their homelands are becoming major medical and public health problem iii Canada says Toronto psyr chiatrist Dr Frederico Allodi inemr ber of the Canadian Medical Group which helps political ret ugees who have been tortured said Saturday he recently stud led 41 lilllul III and found all haw sullenvi yewre my ihological daiitagv well physical llljufllt tic told imdital that laiiadiai health ilulllttrlll are not doing enough to IiiIp Ill catiiiiatml 400 to 300 person in Canada IXlltHtl to have llfPlI tortured in other countries Llllillllll ltusr torturi Victims should Ir given medical care when they rtcciw refugee status he will In his study lht doctor found all 11 patients suffered from sc vrri aanty insomnia and iiiulitiiiaris about pcrsccution across the centre of Paris the French president and the Chi nese premier and Communist party chairman were to have the first of at least three pri vate meetings planned for them tluringlluas Sixday stay At stake in their conversa tions will be proposals for France to help Zhina develop its mining and steel industries hydraulic power tele communications and plants for ixstrochcmicals and fertlirers We have been anxiously planning this visit for months said one official of the French foreign ministry But were still not quite sure what is going to come of it presidential spokesman said it is an historic visit fun damental for the future One major unanswered ques tion concerns Chinese intermt in purchasing highly sophis ticated Mirage 2000 jetfighters Police divers search for the bodies of two people believed to Turkish government defeated by leftists ANKARA AP Former premier Suleyman Demirel de manded the resignation of Pre mier Bulent Ecevits leftist government today after Demirels centrist Justice party won all five National Assembly seats at stake in midterm elections in Turkey and also trounced Ecevits forces in senatorial elections If they dont resign we will topple the government in vote of confidence as soon as parlia ment convenm Demirel told television interviewer This government will go that is defi nite The results of the election Sunday left Ecevits Republican Peoples party and its allies still the largest faction in the Assembly with 220 seats but its opponents held total of 227 It appears that the govem ment crisis will be long one Despite the Justice partys gains it is doubtful that Demi rel can unite the various opposi tion parties and factions to form majority coalition There was speculation that general election will be called The next one is scheduled for 1981 CONCEDES DEFEAT Ecevit looking dejected con ceded defeat in television ap pearance Obviously we have not achieved good result he said The premier said that when he replaced Demirel 21 months ago he inherited the problems of political terrorism and ma jor economic crisis We have paid heavy price he said He said his cabinet and other leaders of his party would meet today to assess the situation It was assumed they would dis cuss whether to resign The five National Assembly seats filled in the voting Sunday were vacant because of deaths Three others that are vacant are to be filled later Voting was also held for 50 of the 150 elected members of the Senate Complete unofficial re turns for 38 of these seats gave 26 to the Justice party nine to the Republicans two to the Moslem fundamentalist Na tional Salvation party and one to the ultrarightist National Movement party The Republicans had held 24 of the senatorial seats that were contested and the Justice party had 20 REVERSES VOTE IRIINI The Justice party got 477 per cent of the vote in 24 of the sen atorial election districts to 29 per cent for the Republicans In the last general election in 1977 the Republicans got 407 per cent of the vote to 368 per cent for the Justice party Two issues dominated the monthlong campaign the fighting between leftist and rightist extremists that has taken 2100 lives since Ecevit became premier in January 1978 and the severe economic crisis The inflation rate is nearing 100 per cent there are shortages of gasoline coffee and many other items production is falling and unempioyment is estimated at 15 per cent of the labor force of 15 million Because of the unchecked po litical violence the government cancelled all police and military leaves and stationed 200000 troops at polling places But five persons were killed when gunmen opened fire on line of people waiting to vote in Mardin province and one voter was killed in gun battle between rival factions at polling station in Van Chinese level brutality charge PEKING AP About 250 protesters from the provinces held sitin Sunday at the headquarters of the Chinese government demanding help from Acting Premier Deng Xiaoping and complaining about police brutality The rotesters sprawled in front Chungnanhai the gov ernment office on Pekings main boulevard and said they are hungry unemployed homeless and suffering from wrongs dating back to the 1966 76 Cultural Revolution Two dozen soldiers and police cordoned off the demon strators keeping them away from the gates and off the streets Several hundred passersby gathered on the street and blocked traffic No incidents were reported during the protest but poster said some demonstrators who had gathered there Saturday to spend the night broke through police barrier and scuffled with police On Sunday protesters hung the poster on nearby De mocracy Wall to complain about their treatment by police Doug is acting premier in the absence of Hua Guofeng pre mier and Communist party chairman who was in Paris on Sunday to begin threeweek Western European visit At least 6000 protesters camped in Peking throughout the summer Some lived in gov ernment reception centres but most begged alms foragcd for food and made their beds in the street The central government and Communist party promised last month they would send 1000 representatives to the ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSERVATION WORKSHOPS Ontario Hydro and the Public Utilities in Georgian Bay Region are sponsoring Energy Conservation Warkshops for small industrial similar type provinces to provide aSSistance There has been no further word on that plan Via Rail train slices taxi cab LONDON Ont CP London man was killed at level crossing Saturday night when Via Rail passenger train sliced through taxi which tried to go around set of crossing gates police said Nelson Peters 43 was pro nounced dead at the scene Police said the mishap oc curred when train signals were operating and the crossing gates were lowered The mans wife Margaret 42 and the cab driver Archie Homer were seriously injured Police said they were waiting for Homer to regain consciouaness to explain what had happened Police said Peteis and his wife were sitting in the back seat of the cab when it was rammed by the train bound for Sariiia Police search for bodies have drowned Sunday when their car waters of Dows Lake CP Laserphoto plunged into the chilly MEILUN DJ DENT URE THERAPIST Complete Denture Service Hours am 6pm Mon thru Fri 280 Dunlop St Barrie 7286810 Member Denturist Society CKPOT $48695960 GROWING Saturday October 13 1979 fiwvil Bonus i7 13122 28 3536 iNUMBER ABOVE REGU AR NUMBERS WIN IN ANY ORDI Ii NoOF PRIZES WINNERS PRIZE VALUE JAeouiJOmST 1i $48695960J 2nd PRIZE SoutottSDIusbonusr $343504O 32933 66 $208260 one 3294 smo 5th PRIZE 30utot6 47 858 55 00 PW 77 TOTAL Si 220 51069 NEXT DRAW Whether you need money for car home improvements or any other customers worthwhile purpose The workshops will provide information about energy use and possible dollar savings ta JD ix Now49 Wed like to help PENETANG DISCO DANCE CONTEST For the convenience of customers who may find it difficult to attend during business hours the workshops are from 730 pm to 1030 pm Thereis no regisnation tee Incoipmated unde the Loan and Trust Carpovations Act of the Province Oniaiio the municipal savmgs loan corporation Dunlap at Owen 7269311 Georgian 7260340 Every Monday night starting Oct lst pm 12 pm PRIZES EACH NIGHT Please inquire from your local Utility office or Ontario Hydro for dates and locations that may be most convenient for y0u Winner will represent the Commodore Hotel at HARBOUR CASTLE INN TORONTO

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